There is probably no doubt anywhere that Roger Clemens used steroids. As he continues his legal wrangling with his former trainer, Brian McNamee, the Yankees want none of it. However, McNamee has plans to include the Yankees.

According to a story by Nathaniel Vinton in the Daily News, in a brief filed on Friday, McNamee has named a handful of current Yankees as potential witnesses in Clemens’ defamation suit against McNamee.

The Yankees have never relished the destructive defamation suit former pinstripe hero Roger Clemens brought two years ago against his accuser, former Yankee trainer Brian McNamee, but bigger headaches for the club may yet lie ahead according to a new appeals-court brief issued by McNamee’s defense attorneys.

A footnote deep in the 60-page brief lists current Yankee stars Andy Pettitte,Mariano Rivera, and Derek Jeter as witnesses McNamee might call to the stand for sworn testimony about Clemens’ purported use of steroids and human growth hormone. Also listed among potential witnesses for McNamee is Angela Moyer, an alleged mistress of Clemens who tended bar near the Upper East Side apartment where McNamee said he visited Clemens after Yankee games to inject the pitcher with steroids and human growth hormone (Clemens has testified he thought the syringes contained vitamin B12).

The brief, which McNamee’s attorneys sent Friday to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, portrays Clemens’ defamation suit as nearly dead in the water. It comes in response to Clemens’ appeal of a lower court’s ruling last year that eviscerated the suit, which Clemens first brought against McNamee on Jan. 6, 2008, three weeks after a report by former Senator George Mitchell first publicized McNamee’s accusations. Mitchell was also listed as a potential witness. He and the others could also be summoned to testify as part of a defamation countersuit that McNamee himself brought against Clemens last year in a federal court in Brooklyn — and will likely pursue, at least in order to recover his monumental legal fees.

Right now only the legal system could prevent from having the Yankee players testify. If the courts are convinced with the brief, then this won’t happen.

Sorry for the lack of posts the last couple of days from me (Trevor did blog yesterday). I have a new roommate and I had to spend the entire weekend cleaning out my third bedroom/office to accommodate my new roomie.

The Yankees won again yesterday, in their third straight walk-off victory over the Twins. I’m starting to suspect the Ghosts of Yankee past have arrived, and so have Mystique and Aura. I don’t want to jinx anything, so I’ll leave it at that.

I don’t have time this morning to write up a summary of yesterday’s game, but I’ll lead you to Greg Cohen’s write-up on Sliding Into Home. Greg’s one of the better bloggers and analysts out there in the blogosphere.

Here’s the news of the day.

Pete Abraham is on furlough this week. No blogging, writing, etc. for him. I already went through my own furlough at work (I work for the State of Maryland) and I lost 4 days of work (rather than see other State employees lose their jobs).

David Wells, on the 11th anniversary of his perfect game, rips Clemens and A-Rod and other players who have been caught using steroids. Here’s one snippet of what Wells said:

“(Alex Rodriguez) admitted to it, so I mean the home runs he hit off me in Texas, should those count? I dunno. . . . They say everyone’s doing it, let ’em do it. But if they elect to do it, they are not entitled to go to the Hall of Fame if they got Hall of Fame numbers, or just ban them right out the get-go.”

Yesterday Andy Sonnanstine of the Tampa Bay Rays became the first AL pitcher to hit a RBI in an AL vs. AL game since 1972 because of a lineup error…that’s a cool fact. But also dumb…how could the manager overlook two 3B and no DH?

According to reports from ESPN.com, Brian McNamee shared with investigators that he shot up Roger Clemens in Yankee Stadium, more specifically in the hot tub/jacuzzi.

McNamee also injected Clemens in his apartment. Here’s what happened…

“The place was his high-rise apartment, which is located off the corner of 90th Street and First Avenue in Manhattan. …

“That day, he laid out the drugs, dropped his trousers and I did as he asked, that is, inject him with steroids. Afterwards, he told me to get rid of the needle. I went into the kitchen and found an empty Miller Lite can in a wastebasket under the sink. I put the used needle into the can because it was actually hazardous material at that point and I didn’t want anyone to get hurt by sticking themselves. He told me to throw it away but I kept it instead.”

This news comes on the heels of a report from last month confirming Clemen’s DNA was present on the evidence.

A federal grand jury is investigating if Clemens lied under oath to congress last year when he denied using performance enhancing drugs. The grand jury has been investigating the issue for several weeks now. If the grand jury returns an indictment, Clemens will then face a trial on at least perjury charges.